Cosmos 1263 Rocket - Orbit

View from above orbital plane
View from above orbital plane
View from above satellite
View from above satellite

Ground track
Ground track

The orbit data is extracted from the following two-line orbital elements,

1 12389U 81033B   13145.58721106  .00035284  00000-0  79349-3 0  6705
2 12389 082.8975 113.0399 0295580 037.7830 077.7874 15.08321302650913
Epoch (UTC): 25 May 2013 14:05:35
Eccentricity: 0.0295580
inclination: 82.8975°
perigee height: 337 km
apogee height: 746 km
right ascension of ascending node: 113.0399°
argument of perigee: 37.7830°
revolutions per day: 15.08321302
mean anomaly at epoch: 77.7874°
orbit number at epoch: 65091

The dashed part of the orbit path shows where the satellite is in the earth's shadow,  

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